With her Peddler bicycle and trailer, Juri Jennings transports more than her weight in groceries to Port Townsend residents. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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The Peddler takes on hills, delivers local food

Bike design allows woman to transport up to 150 pounds

In the past year, Fred Banks has slowly recovered from a double lung transplant in Seattle. Now his family is seeking support to help offset costs of a lengthy medical stay and ongoing expensive prescriptions. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Retired firefighter seeks relief from medical bills

Sequim man able to breathe better after double lung transplant

VeteMuriel Nesbitt will present “To Till or Not to Till, That is a Question” at noon Thursday. 

The free lecture is part of the Green Thumb Garden Tips series streaming on Zoom Meetings. 

Nesbitt is a former director of the Clallam County Master Gardener program.

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Green thumb lecture offered on Thursday

PORT ANGELES — Muriel Nesbitt will present “To Till or Not to Till, That is a Question” at…

Sequim composer Jennifer Thomas' songs continue to be used by professional figure skaters, including three competitors at the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden in late March. Her songs were a part of routines that helped Belgium, Japan and South Korea qualify spots at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Photo by Ron Southworth

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Figure skaters bring Sequim composer’s songs to World Championships

Jennifer Thomas hopes to hear her song played in 2022 Winter Olympics

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ISSUES OF FAITH: Find a way to come together in love

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.…

Alan Peterson will present “Song of the Poet” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. 

Peterson will be the guest speaker, via Zoom, at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle Ave. Sunday service begins at 10 a.m. 

Attendees must make a reservation by 5 p.m. Saturday by calling 360-457-3981.

The service will also stream live at www. facebook.com/unityof portangeles.

For more information, call 360-457-3981 or visit www.unityintheolympics.org.

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Unity speaker scheduled for Sunday

PORT ANGELES — Alan Peterson will present “Song of the Poet” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

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Shred event to benefit Back to School Fair

PORT ANGELES — Lutheran Community Services and the Port Angeles School District will conduct a paper shredding fundraiser…

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Rummage sale to benefit Peninsula granges

Sequim Prairie Grange will host

OPEN board members and volunteers are full of smiles after a recent anonymous supporter asked how she could help. She paid the veterinarian’s fee to fully exam four horses,  float the teeth on three and ended up taking home two of them, agreeing to provide them a forever retirement home in her ample pastures. (Karen Griffiths/for Peninsula Daily News)

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HORSEPLAY: Olympic Peninsula Equine Network offers new chances for abused, discarded horses

SARGE IS A horse who took charge of his own fate after his owners no longer wanted him…

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Aging Mastery discussions offered

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System invites seniors to take part in the Aging Mastery Program.

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Grief support group offered online weekly

PORT ANGELES — Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County is offering a grief support group from 2 p.m. to…

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Self-guided walks start at Port Angeles garden

PORT ANGELES — With COVID-19 restrictions still in place, Clallam County Master Gardeners are implementing self-guided tours at…

A great client, Karen, has planted numerous types of brassica this last week. Due to her active pet Corgies— who root out any new scent, such as various slug baits, as food — copper mesh has been installed around the border to deter slugs who feast on brassica. (Andrew May/For Peninsula Daily News)

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A GROWING CONCERN: Brassica a winning play for gardeners

THE NATIONAL COLLEGE basketball championship game went down to the final shot, and Baylor defeated the previously undefeated…

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Clallam, Jefferson county volunteers honored for service

SEQUIM — AmeriCorps Seniors Clallam/Jefferson Retired & Senior Volunteer Program honored dozens of community members representing thousands of…

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Clallam Conservation District to host webinars on pasture, hayland

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam Conservation District will host two webinars for pasture and hayland owners in April.

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Peninsula College Foundation extends deadline for scholarship applications

PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College Foundation has extended its application deadline for dozens of scholarships — totaling…

The nonprofit PropagationNation has been distributing free sequoia and redwood seedlings across the state. 

The project aims to combat climate change and increase the diversity of Washington forests, according to a press release. 

Pictured are Sequim residents Susan and Ron Geis picking up redwood seedlings at the Sequim Elks lodge.

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Seedlings distributed in Sequim

Sequim residents Susan and Ron Geis pick up redwood seedlings at the Sequim Elks lodge. The nonprofit PropagationNation…

Bob Crain will discuss fungicide use at noon Thursday

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Green Thumb lecture to focus on fungicides

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Gardiner Community Cemetery commissioners to meet

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Margery Whites will discuss gardening for newcomers to the North Olympic Peninsula on Saturday morning.

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Lecture to focus on gardeners new to North Olympic Peninsula

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